Critic Reviews

The latest version plays much the same as its predecessors, but there is one important difference - instead of using vector graphics to display the proceedings, everything is presented in solid, shaded 3D.

Interstellar trade and combat with two
thousand planets in eight galaxies, Elite
used wire frame graphics to depict space
flight. Its popularity was largely a result
of being one of the first space games with
a "large" universe to explore.